Addiction and Recovery

Well I am still at the point to which I don't think I have a problem. I went to my therapist and now I am going to be starting something called Women's IOP. It's an outpatient treatment program for people with substance abuse problems. So I am doing some research on the Google and I never heard of animal/pet therapy. I didn't know people actually used aromatherapy and holistic approaches to battling addiction. I think a lot of people have drinking problems but just don't realize it, or maybe not. Maybe they just like to get drunk and party. I mean what's wrong with that? I don't see anything wrong with drinking and partying and having a good time. Wow, they have "Coloring Therapy." That's new, I've never heard of that before. They have poetry therapy. That's interesting. I would definitely be interested in that. I am a poet, I have been writing poetry since I was in elementary school. I don't think I've ever had a problem with alcohol. I always thought I was just having a good time and partying and doing what young adults my age do ya know. But since 2007 it seems I hear more and more people tell me that I have a problem. I have seen people with alcohol problems and I am NOTHING like them. I mean don't you have to do something MAJOR which turns your life around and at that point you decide that you have a problem? Well nothing like that has happened to me. I have been around some people who drink like ALL the time. I never saw them as alcoholic's. I just figured they like to drink you know. I'm just like any other young adult. You put alcohol in front of me and of course I'm going to drink it.